Boost efficiency with strategic sourcing for manufacturers and retailers Process manufacturers, retailers, and discrete manufacturers that rely on external manufacturers can capture more savings by improving source-to-contract processes and supplier collaboration with a sourcing suite that supports industry-specific processes and systems. SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing Suite can help you integrate sourcing, contracting, and supplier management on a unified platform and source key spend types – improving cycle time while driving contract compliance and immediate savings. - Cloud deployment - Process management, workflows, and links to industry-specific systems - Supplier onboarding, qualification, and segmentation - 360-degree view into materials and total landed cost calculations

Key benefits Experience the advantages of a single platform Upgrade the quality and performance of sourcing, contracting, and supplier management for industries while reducing costs. Enhance your bottom line with strategic sourcing Gain visibility, optimize segment spend, and identify savings opportunities while standardizing source-to-contract processes across teams and business units. Support a closed-loop, source-to-contract process Improve process efficiencies, capture more savings, and minimize supplier-selection risks with a single sourcing, contracting, and supplier management solution.

Key features Explore how discrete and process manufacturers and retailers can benefit from the integrated processes of SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing Suite. Discrete manufacturing - Electronic RFx and bid comparisons. Use RFx and project management tools with workflows, document management, and approvals to get bids and award suppliers. - Outsourced manufacturing and BOM collaboration. Collaborate on bills of materials and engineering change notifications with manufacturing partners and easily compare bills of materials (BOMs). - 360-degree view of supply. Increase transparency with a 360-degree view of material price history and trends, sourcing activities, and sources of supply. - Integration to PLM systems. Integrate with product lifecycle management (PLM) processes and systems for importing BOMs and engineering change notifications. - ERP integration with operational procurement. Achieve compliance with contracts and other follow-on documents by integrating with operational procurement processes. - Cost breakdown analysis. Identify potential savings by configuring cost breakdowns using complex costing information collected from suppliers. Process manufacturing - Total landed cost calculation and governance. Calculate total costs – including logistics, import duties, and taxes – to compare prices with international commercial terms. - Greater quality through collaboration. Improve the quality of recipes, BOMs, and product specs by working directly with suppliers and external manufacturers. - Comprehensive process management. Use RFx and project management tools with workflows, document management, and approvals to solicit bids and award business. - Material 360. Gain insights into material price history and trends, sourcing activities, and sources of supply. - Cost breakdown analysis. Identify potential savings by configuring cost breakdowns using complex costing information collected from suppliers. - ERP integration. Generate compliant follow-on documents, such as purchase information records and documents with advanced pricing conditions. Retail - Simplified RFx development. Create comprehensive RFQs in minutes by automatically populating attribute and category information from back-end systems. - Retail system integration. Integrate with key retail systems, including article master data with generic articles and variants and pricing conditions. - Automation of repetitive processes. Automate sourcing processes for fresh and perishable products that are regularly reordered, such as fruits and vegetables. - Improved sustainability performance. Gain greater visibility into suppliers’ operations to develop insights that help improve corporate responsibility compliance. - Electronic RFQ and bid comparisons. Help retailers find savings in private-label product production with RFQs and analyses that detail complex costing information.